Record strip sheets



April 29, 1958 v. E. DEINLEIN ET AL RECORD STRIP SHEETS Filed Aug. 5,1955 m .wmm

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1 Claim. (Cl. 154-43) This invention relates to improvements in recordstrips provided in sheet or roll form for use in visible index or recordequipment, of the class described in Powell U. S. Patent No. 1,594,122,where the sheet or roll of record strips comprises a relatively thin,resilient wood veneer surfaced on its upper face with a sheet of paperadapted to receive indicia, as by typewriting, and backed with arelatively thin sheet of paper, the assembly being scored or cuttransversely through the upper sheet of paper and the wood veneer toform a chain of relatively narrow elongated hingedly connected recordstrips adapted to be inserted into a typewriter, tabula-tor, addressingmachine, duplicating machine, or the like, for applying information tothe record strips. After the desired information has been applied to thechain of connected record strips, the strips are manually ormechanically separated from each other by rupturing the thin connectingbacking sheet, and the separated strips mounted on suitable frameshaving inturned longitudinal flanges by flexing the strips and insertingtheir opposed ends beneath the frame flanges.

As an aid in uniform feeding of the aforesaid sheets of connected stripsthrough the platen of a tabulating machine, the sheets are furtherprovided with a regular series of spaced apertures or notches adjacenttheir longitudinal edges engageable by suitable means on the machine,and to enable the subsequently separated strips to be inserted in holderframes it is first necessary to re move the mutilated end portions ofthose strips which had been apertured or notched and to trim all otherstrips to uniform length. In order to accomplish this it has heretoforebeen necessary to trim the longitudinal edges of the sheets, after theindicia was applied by the tabulating machine, by suitable cutting meansor trimming knives.

It is an object of the present invention to eliminate the necessity forthe user to employ such cutting device or trimming knives with sheets ofthe class provided with such apertures or notches, and we accomplishthis by additionally providing the assembly with longitudinal lines ofscore extending similarly through the upper paper sheet and the woodveneer layers but remaining connected by the base paper layer. Thus,after the sheet has passed through the tabulating machine and desiredindicia has been applied to the strips, the end portions of the strips,including the apertured or notched por tions, may be simply severed orbroken away in the same simple manner in which the strips are separatedfrom each other, and quickly, conveniently and uniformly placed in use,without requirement for special cutting devices.

The objects and advantages of the present invention, and itsconstruction and arrangement of parts, will be further apparent from aconsideration of the following specification and accompanying drawings.wherein:

Fig. l is a face view of a sheet of record strips formed in accordancewith the present invention.

rates Patent Patented Apr. 29', 1958 Fig.2 is a rear view of a portionof sheet of icdfd strips formed in accordance with the presentinvention, with portions in partially separated relationship.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to that of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the reference numeral 10 generally designatesa plurality of visible index strips 11, each of greater length and widththan thickness, joined together in sheet form and adapted to be insertedin a tabulator, typewriter or the like, for imprinting indicia on thefaces of the respective strips. As shown by the sections of Figs. 4 and5, these are conventionally comi posed of a layer of Wood veneer 12 tothe upper face of which is adhesively united a sheet of paper 13 adaptedto receive indicia as by typewriting, and to the under face of which isadhesively united a relatively thin, readily rupturable sheet of paper14. As is also conventional, this composite is scored as at 15, bysuitable knife means, through the thicknesses of paper layer 13 and woodlayer 12 to define a plurality of narrow, elongated strips 11 joined ina chain by the backing sheet 14.

These sheets may be employed as such, or a plurality joined together ingreater length and provided in roll form. As indicated in Fig. 2, a pairof sheets 1010 are joined together by means of a plurality of separableadhesive strips 16 extending longitudinally of the sheet or transverselyof the narrow strips. These strips 16 further aid in preventingaccidental or premature separation of the strips due to flexing of thesheet in use when rolled to small diameter. conventionally, one strip 16is adhered medially of the back of the sheet, and a strip 16 adhered toeach longitudinal edge back portion, as illustrated in Fig. 2, when thesheets are joined and employed in roll form.

As further illustrated, these sheets 10 are provided with a regularseries of punched holes 17 parallel to the marginal or longitudinaledges of the sheet for reception of a toothed wheel or component of amachine equipped with registrator platens such as a Moore Formaliner. Inthe alternative, although not shown, the sheets may be formed withangular notches opening to their marginal edges for similar engagementby notched collars on the platen. As previously pointed out, in suchcase it is necessary to trim the marginal edges of the sheet or roll toremove these apertured or notched marginal edge sheet portions, ormutilated end portions of the strips before mounting in frames, and thiswas heretofore accomplished by requiring the user to employ a cuttingdevice, such as a trimming knife.

In accordance with the present invention, we additionally pre-score thesheet before use by severing the paper facing 13 and the wood veneerlayer 12 adjacent the marginal or longitudinal edges of the sheet as at18, as shown in Fig. 4, inwardly of the apertures 17, and inwardly ofthe tape 16 when employed, leaving the backing sheet 14 intact.

Thus after the sheet or roll has been withdrawn from the tabulatingmachine the apertured marginal portions may be readily severed on aclean, uniform line by flexing by hand or suitable device, as indicatedat 19 in Fig. 1

1, and the individual strips 11 likewise separated and ready forinsertion in a holder frame or panel in conventional manner.

We claim:

Flexible index strips in continuous sheet form comprising a wood veneerbody portion faced and backed with relatively thin paper and scored onlythrough the facing paper and wood body portion'transversely to define aplurality of elongated relatively narrow strips, said scor- .1 e emihvsflndfemhdins into h g, and longitudinally r v References Cited inthe file of this patent to define marginal portion at the opposed sideedges of said sheet, and-longitudinally extending flexible reinforc-UNITED STATES PATENTS ing strips secured to the paper backing on bothsides and 2,058,035 Rand Get. 20, 1936 overlying said defined edgeportions, said defined edge 5 2,201,950 Wolters et a1. May 21, 1940portions being formed with a spaced series of apertures 2,372,994 WelchApr. 3, 1945 egciend i ng tlgrou ghheentire thickness of theindex strip.2,391,539 Avery Dec. 25, 1945

